On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 00:14, Kaj Haulrich wrote: <snip> There! - I knew we'd flush out a real historian eventually. Thanks for the correction.
DougB > The full quotation is: "Wenn ich Kultur höre ... entsichere ich > meinen Browning." It comes from Hanns Johst's most famous play, > Schlageter (first performed in April 1933, for Hitler's > birthday) and occurs in Act 1, Scene 1. The character who says > the line is called Thiemann. > > This is usually translated as "Whenever I hear the word > culture... I release the safety-catch of my Browning!" > > >From the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations entry for Johst, Hanns > (1890 - 1978) German playwright. > > HTH > > Kaj Haulrich (who happens to trust IBM).
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